Tuesday, November 3, 2015

USDA Invests $30 Million to Improve Water Quality in Mississippi River Basin

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest $30 million this year in 33 new projects and 40 existing projects to improve water quality in high priority watersheds the Mississippi River Basin. These projects reduce loss of nutrients and sediment to waters that eventually flow into the Gulf of Mexico.

From: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2015/11/0305.xml&contentidonly=true

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